These verbs have the special property of lacking an explicit subject. In most languages only verbs that denote a condition or weather are of this type: "it rains", "it freezes", ...

Such verbs are also impersonal in Quenya:

j%q1Elipta "it drips"

`MzRuquë "it rains"

e.D1Efauta "it snows"

9GjaDhilca "it freezes"

Note: these verbs don't get the ending \8 -s even though we translate it into English with the personal pronoun "it".

A second group are the impersonal verbs that are also impersonal in English and have an indirect object that indicates to whom the action matters. In Quenya this indirect object is put in the dative case:

The conjugation of this verb is extremely simple: it has only one form that is used for all tenses and all numbers. It is only used when the subject is a proper noun or a personal pronoun (so it cannot be used with an ordinary noun like "father", "king", etc.)

`VzR5- a~Vequen: 'cé' "I say/said: 'maybe' "

Even the word order is uncommon as it is always placed right before its subject:

This verb has three conjugations which depend on the meaning of the verb. The three conjugations coincide in following tenses and verbal forms: Present, Aorist, Future, Present Participle, Gerund, Imperative.

I. To pass away / To die

This meaning is only used in official texts and only in the Past tense:

`B `C7E5 `C5nRi aran anwë "the king passed away"

II. To go away / To depart

This meaning is always associated with a direction. So this conjugation is generally accompanied by an allative noun:

`B 5~V6 `H`C4$ `V`C5:#i nér oantë i ëanna "the man departed for the sea"/"the man went away to the sea"